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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7A Police Assistant title: local service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7A, Police Assistant title: local service. The regular appointment of an employee to the title of Police Assistant shall be in the competitive division of the career service. An employee so appointed Full text with 1 recorded amendment, cited by 1 other rule.

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

A local title designed to run out. Police Assistant is a competitive division career service title with minimum requirements and a working test period like any other, and a permanent Police Assistant can only be removed through major disciplinary procedures. What makes it unusual is subsection (c), which lists six conditions requiring removal from the title for cause, and four of them are about not moving on: not meeting the promotional eligibility criteria by the announced closing date, not applying for the Police Officer examination while eligible, failing that examination, and not completing the Special Law Enforcement Officer Class 1 training the appointing authority provides. An unsatisfactory performance rating counts too, even after the working test period was passed. The appointing authority may transfer or otherwise move the employee to a different vacant title instead of removing them, but nobody meeting one of those conditions may stay a Police Assistant. One year of permanent service opens eligibility for the Police Officer promotional examination.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.7A. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The regular appointment of an employee to the title of Police Assistant shall be in the competitive division of the career service. An employee so appointed shall meet the minimum requirements set forth in the job specification and satisfactorily complete a working test period. See N.J.A.C. 4A:4-5.2(d). #

(b) Removal of an employee serving permanently in the title of Police Assistant shall be done in accordance with major disciplinary procedures. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2. #

(c) Subject to the provisions of (d) below, an employee serving permanently in the title of Police Assistant who meets one or more of the following conditions shall be removed from the Police Assistant title for cause: #

1. Unsatisfactory performance rating, notwithstanding satisfactory completion of the working test period; #

2. Failure to satisfactorily complete the Police Academy Special Law Enforcement Officer Class 1 Training Program, or equivalent, provided by the appointing authority; #

3. Failure to meet the criteria for promotional eligibility by the announced closing date; #

4. Failure to apply for the examination for the title of Police Officer when the employee meets the criteria for promotional eligibility by the announced closing date; #

5. Failure of the examination for the title of Police Officer; or #

6. One or more of the general causes for discipline set forth in N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3. #

(d) In lieu of removing the employee for cause, the appointing authority alternatively may choose to transfer the employee, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1, or otherwise move the employee, to a different, vacant title. However, under no circumstances may an employee who meets one or more of the conditions in (c) above continue to serve in the Police Assistant title. #

(e) An employee serving permanently for a minimum of one year in the Police Assistant title shall be considered eligible to take a promotional examination for the title of Police Officer, provided that the employee also satisfies the criteria set forth in N.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.4 and 2.6 for promotional examinations. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. New ruleR.2006 d.104
    37 N.J.R. 4351(a); 38 N.J.R. 1425(a)

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